Fetter is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Fetter
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

Family name is variant form of Vetter. The father's brother; one related to another, later, a male cousin.

The variant of the Vedder. The father's brother; one related to another, later, a male cousin.

Family name is the variant form of the Vetter. Uncle or cousin of the lily.

How popular is Fetter?

Fetter is common in United States, Brazil, Germany, Argentina, France, Canada, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Netherlands, Kazakhstan.

Fetter is ranked 51226 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Fetter bearers increased by 2.79 per cent in 2010 US census to 3944 since 2000, the surname slipped by 405 spots and ranked at 8392. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.86 95.18
Hispanic or Latino 2.18 1.69
Others 1.52 1.2
Black 0.86 0.94
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.84 0.42
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.74 0.57
Fetter is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Hungary lie ahead in terms of density. Around 10013 people have been found who wears Fetter as their family name. Fetter is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Fetter:
8,303 United States5,047
4,820 Brazil1,689
Countries with hundreds of Fetter:
12,871 Germany774
8,399 Argentina429
25,695 France403
11,761 Canada336
3,532 Hungary304
24,921 Poland209
62,731 Russia192
20,548 Netherlands127
15,404 Kazakhstan114
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
28,950 Australia79
27,834 Czechia56
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
27,778 Austria37
12,322 Uruguay25
148,627 Ukraine25
30,429 Switzerland20
45,338 Sweden16
119,675 England15
127,494 South Africa14
38,962 Mexico13
78,166 Belgium11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
29,026 Chile9
21,724 Scotland9
21,385 Ecuador8
476,604 Thailand8
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

38 years old farmer Crescenza Fetter who was residing in Schweinfurt, Germany migrated to USA on November 19, 1850 by Hermine put out from Bremen. Farmer Jacob Fetter, 27 years old Augst. Fetter, 26 years old Henriette Fetter, Franz Fetter (17) Baker, Heinrich Fetter (15) Baker, Farmer Elisabethe Fetter, 14 years old Jean Fetter, Jean-Nicolas Fetter (7) Farmer, and 59 other Fetter around 59.52% of whom were farmer while others worked as baker and laborer migrated to US.

Fetter Namesakes

  • Alexander Fetter, American physicist and Professor Emeritus of Physics and Applied Physics at Stanford University
  • Frank Fetter, American economist of the Austrian School

Fetter Namesakes

  • Alexander Fetter, American physicist and Professor Emeritus of Physics and Applied Physics at Stanford University
  • Frank Fetter, American economist of the Austrian School

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